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LOBELIACE.S;.syphilis; it has the reputation of acting as a speedycure for thisdisease, but European practice does not confirm its American reputation.Are not its curative principles volatile ?HIPPOBROMA.Limb of calyx 5-parted, with linear segments. Tube of corollalong, straight, entire ;limb 5-parted, nearly equal. Stamen-tubeprojecting, completely monadelphous and syngenesious:stigma 2-lobed.Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded.825. H. longifolia Don. gen. syst.iii. 717. Lobelia longifloraLinn. sp. 930. Jacq. amer. 219. Hot. reg. t.1200. Rapuntiumlongiflorum Mill. diet. No. 7. Isotoma longiflora Presl. man.lobel. 42. St. Domingo, Cuba, Jamaica and Martinique, indamp places and by the side of streams.An annual, about a foot high, very slightly downy, pale bright green.Leaves obovate-lanceolate, coarsely toothed, tapering into abroad wingedtoothed petiole. Flowers axillary, solitary, nearly sessile. Calyx angular,turbinate, with 5 linear acuminate hairy teeth. Corolla white ;tube about 3-4 inches long, cylindrical, dilated at the base, hairy ;limbnearly equal, spreading, with linear-lanceolate rather acute segments.Anthers smooth. Capsule inflated, 2-celled, opening at the apex.One of the most venomous of known plants. Taken internally itbrings on fatal hypercatharsis.If any of the juice touches the lips oreyes it produces violent burning inflammation. Horses are said toburst after feeding on it, whence the Spanish West Indians call itRebenla Cavaltos.826. Tupa Feuillaei Don. gen. syst. iii. 700. Lobelia TupaLinn. sp. 1318. Bot. Reg. 1. 1612. Rapuntium Tupa Presl.numogr. lobel. 28, has similar properties to the last plant ; itsvery flowers are said to produce vomiting by their smell.404

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